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With a friendly wave, the Government's witness greeted the two celebrated defendants, whom he had known for years. Then William J. Casey, 61, the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, settled back in a Manhattan courtroom last week to answer the prosecutor's questions about John Mitchell, 60, the former U.S. Attorney General, and Maurice Stans, 66, the former Secretary of Commerce...
...claim that on the very day-April 10, 1972-that Vesco made his contribution, doors that had been closed to the financier began opening. But Sears admitted that Mitchell had been trying for a month before the donation to get a date for Sears with SEC Chairman William J. Casey. Sears further contended that when he did meet with Casey he simply requested that Vesco be allowed to tell his side of the story. Asked Fleming: "Did you ever ask Mr. Mitchell to fix the Vesco case...
...Cambridge-Somerville area, but this first production is disappointing. With the boxing set and an emphasis on caricature, company director Van McLeod seems to be trying unnecessarily for the oblique angle in an already oblique Brecht play. A few of the supporting characters present fascinating facades, especially Virginia O. Casey as the whorish girl friend of George Garga the librarian (and "wrestler") and Bruce Patt as a stoop-kneed, brutish Weimar version of Skinny, a Chinese clerk according to the text--but they get little assistance even from the more experienced members of the cast...
...began in 1971 to nose into Vesco's operations abroad. Sears said that he tried for months to persuade his old political friend John Mitchell to help Vesco get access to William Casey, then the SEC chairman, so that the financier could plead his case in person. Mitchell appeared sympathetic, but nothing happened, though Sears pointed out that Vesco had made a substantial contribution to Nixon's 1968 election campaign and that "he represented himself as being close to the Nixon family...
...crack financial man, Casey says, "My job will be to create a climate for change...